The Sun. — London, England, 1809-03-20 00:00:00

..... .. ..T'l ......~ .. .. .. counts hive transpired here how far they were re, snet y engazed in this affair ; our loss,. however, is stPtecl it 72 men killed, and 240 wounded.. Capt. Taylor . (emit:eon - sly mentioned in our last as Lieut.- C •1 “.el) 7th, Major Maxwell of the Bth, and Cyr. Sinciiiir, of the 25tti, being killed ; and Lieut.! Col. Pakenham, 07 the 7th, Majors Campbell and • Turner, of the Royal West India Rangers, and Capt. Giedstanes, of the 3d West India Regiment, wounded ;—it is presumed that their Corps had an :thine pairt in the a&ion. General Beckwith is stated, in.many letters, to have personally led to the attack, and is said to have narrowly escaped the ,pnemy's premeditated aim, which killed a soldier by ,fiis, side, in the a6I of receiving the General's horse from him. In all probability .we shall be able to give a more authentic account of this battle in our pext, and therefore forbear pursuing the account through the various ,reports in circulation. • . , The possession Of Sourrier is of the first conse quence to 'our. operations against Fort Bourbon, which is scarcely otherwise assailable; and the re ',. duCtion o& Pigeon Island gives all the facilities of sup' plying tiro troops thidegh ,a, dire communication from Fort Royal Bay, so that our future operations Will be carried on with katiittlein i terrimtion and impeditn en t. eb These pos iti o n s ''in,,e• pi fled from thp enemy, the final leduaion of the N . atid rests et tirely oh the itnpressior' ) which we can fpals 7 e upon his P riu c'Pill eed oak remaining strong hoidi 1 ? :Pt! Beerbon, aed this May now be considered' as' eu, rireiy eiretnnvolur.ed by our troops. Gen: Maitland. . With Ji ll artily ha% ing moved from Lament in, round, the 'Cul de sac de Cobee, to 'point Negio; and Major Henderson, with his. Flay, proceeded by _water across Fort Royal liay down to Cass Naviere, and has taken a position on the heights above it. • It is front Fort Bourbon only that the enemy can make any further 'defence; and he has there con, centrated his whole force, now confined to regular 'troops, all the militia being disbanded and sent from the fortress. From deserters (a great many having 'come over to us, from the first of our landing), it is understood that General Villaret has avowed his in . , tention of perishing under the ruins of the Fort 'sooner than surrender it, and three other General :Officers 'with him have sworn to share his fate.— ' This desperation has created much discontent among 'his troops, . and if the reports received in our camp are to be depended on, a mutiny has manifested it self among them. . From the activity which prevailed when the ktiit *accotinti left Martinique (the Gth inst.) there was evety, probability diatom; preparations for a general * t4os - on the works woukl . be ready in.eight or top i aY4 thlt ' ll4 avY , 9ltiiron tiein g at•thartime - landing at anal Noir, Aeliere 'the Admiral ' arid several of his ~s.quadron, with.the Ordeanceships, were at anchor, an ,using every exertion to forward the siege. The inhabitants cif the Island are throuhout, a least g t st neutral, if not friendly to our reduelion of it. , 163 ' ha "' nut in any instanc e ann o y e d o u r 't roo p s , and towards the squadron have shewn grea.t..l3osPi-' 131it Y , baring repeatedly supplied 'them with fruit, vegetables, )..te. St. Pierre's has not. been either at . tacked or sUrnmoved ; but ,the inhabitants have (it is lad ~i ) sent to offer a surrender. Our possession of it ea u b., L no °hied until rhe rednaion of "Fort 'Bour t bon, with which it will co nsequently fall. ' I. vessel . , arrived here this day,. running dpwn to Ivindward of Martinique„heard a brisk cannooading 4 urirte Thursday night, and saw a large fire in the 1 LLt &aro.. i• reet • i on, This is the lateit iefortnation frotii i ' °W at %O) i I and, but furth9i particulars are smometio 1 l arilY looked for. CAPTURE OF CAYENNE. While we are contemplating the prowess with uhich onlarm i are besieging Martinique, we are .called with admiration towards the subjugation of the .1r nemy la another and no very remote quarter from where the Vigo& and promptitude of 9ur cu. operation has . wrested a valuable and extensive Co. 'lolly from him--Cayenne has surrendered to the united British and Portuguese forces. We are not i nformed .of the previous operations against it, but have the.satisfadion of laying before the Public the \ following , - . CAPITULATION vilosed'by Viaor !fugues, Officer of the Legion of n6 t l r, Commissioner of his Majesty the Emperor and King, eon -inlander in Chief of Cayenne and French Cuyanl, and necepted by tames Lucas Yeo, Post-Captain in his Bri— tlrmic Majesty's Service, Commanding the Combined Na.. I ' 4 l tnglish and Portuguese Forces, and Manuel Marques, Knight of the Military Orders of St. Benoit d'A vie, Lieut. Colonel in Chief, and Liiredor of the Corps of Artillery of F4 ra, coalman tins the advanFed Army of the Portuguese.. Although the advanced posts have been carried, and that the Commissioner of the Emperor and King it reduced with his. Garrison to, the town, he owes, . i t to those sentiments of hono'ir Which have always dist inguished ititu--to the valour and good condua () i , the Oflicers and soldiers under his command—to t he dttaeltment of the inhabitants of the Colony for lei s . ''`it.le4ty the Etnp - .ror and King—to declare pub 1. , that ha twrcndcts len to tha JOrCe than to the should join the Enemy, and of burning all the Plante, tions and Ports where there should be any resistatire; The Commissioner of the Emperor Commanding in Chief, after having witnessed the burning of se- veral, plantations, particularly his own, 'the. must considerable of the Colony, had attributed it at first • to the casualties of war ; and the di so rga n ization of the gangs, and'the liberation of the a Ilvei, appeared to him a momentary measure ; but being assured in writing, that the English and Portuguese Officers aded in vittue,•of the orders of his Roval•Highness • the Prince Regent, and wishing to save the Colony from total destruelion, and to preserve his august Master's subje&s, who bad given him so many proofs of their attachment' and fidelity, the Com missioner of his Imperial and Royal Majesty sur renders the Colony to the forces of his Royal High ness the Prince Regent on the following conditions: • ARTICLE 1. The Garrison 'shall march out with their arms .and baggage and all ' the honours of war; the Officers shall retain their side arms, and those of the Staff their horses; the Garti . soti shall lay clown' • e their arms, and engage not to serve against his Royid .Royal Highness and his allies during.one year. *" 2. Vessels shall be furnished at the eipence of; his Highness the 'Prince Regent, to carry the Gar risen., the Officers Civil and Miljtary, and.allthose employed in the service, with their families and ef feels, diree'l to France with as little delay as possible. 3. A Confenient vessel shall be furnished to convey to 'France the Commissioner of the Emperor Coin inanifing in Chief, his family, his officers, his suite, effe4s ; the Chief of the Administration of the Vti , ..anCeS;the Commander of the Troops, the . . • tor and the commandant of Artillery, with their •families. s!. 4. A Convenient delay shall be granted to the Officers who I lsits'eproperty in the Colony, to :mile • their affairs. 5. The arsenal's', ttaiteries, 'and every thing be longing to the artillery, the small arms and pow der magazines,: and tlie provision stores, shall be given up by, inventory, 'in 'the state in which' they now are, and the . same i‘halltie pointed out„, . , 6. The. slaves on both sides stall y beZisarmed, and . -sent to their respective plantations", , The French negroca. whom the Cimunanders by; sea and land of his Rciyat Highness the Prince Re-. sent have engaged for the service during'lhe war, and to whom in virtue of their orders they haYegiYen their freedom, shall be sent out of the Cvlnny, as they can only remain there in future an objed '6l trouble and dissension. The Commatidersengage, ae they have promised, to solicit of his Royal Highness the Prince Regent the replacing of , those slaves,, as an indemnity in fa vour of the inhabitants to whom they belong. 7. The papers, plans, and other articles belonging ' t o the Engineer Department, shall be equally given up. 8. The sick and wounded who are obliged to re main in 'the coiony may leave it, with all that be longs to them, as soon as they are in a situation to do so; in the mean time they Shall be treated as they have been hitherto. 9. Private property, of whatever nature or de scription, shall be respeoled, and the inhabitants may dispose of it as heretofore. he: The inhabitants of the Colony shall preserve theirTreperties and may reside there, conforming to the orders and forms established by the Sovereign Under which they remain ; they shall be at liberty 'their prOperties and retire wherever it may suit them, without any obstacle. t t . The Civil Laws known in France under the title of the Napoleen Code, and in force in the Colony, shall be obServed and executed until the Peace .between the two Nations; the Magistrates iiball.on)y decide ()waits interests of individuals, and differences conneeled with them in virtue 'of the said Laws. The debts acknowledged by individuals during or P r" kin to the time fixed by the preceding ar 'tide, 'shall be exatled'agreeably to the basis deter- Mined by the same 'article. 13. The' papers concerning the contronl and ma-' - trieulation 'of the :troops shall be carried away by the' Quarter Master. 14. Desirous of preserving the Rplee:platithliOrt .talled La Gabrielle in $01C11(1013r and agricul ture, it is stipulated' that neither it, nor any of rite Plantation trees or plants, shall he destroyed, but. 'that it shall be prest.uv e d in the 0 :;ne in whieh it is given up to the Counnandets of his Royal klightiebs' the Prince Regent. 15. All the papers of the stores of inspe6tion of, the Customs, or of any , respensibility whatever, shall bedepoined itt OW SeetetarY's Office, or in any ' other place~ t init . may toe agreed on, to be rekrtedto when there is ocea,ion ; the Whole shall 'be under the seal of the two pot ettnuctni, and at the cliVQ sal of his Imperial,autl final Majesty. "16. The present C.'spitulation iihahl be; written in the three languages, and signed by the three Otticevs" stipulating. At the _aavAneed.:posta of Itourde, this . 12th Jan, 1909.: (Sived) • Victoa JAMES LUCAS YEP, hla\Ust. MAIIQUES. iv y V hl, .1)1 W ►5. . . I DoirEa,MAßcit 19.--A vessel is just arrived,frorri 4 i Rotterdam, the Captain of which states that Aus= itria , has actually declared War against Vranee. .. . . A Flag of Truce arrived yesterday morning Erma France, with . disratches for the Transport Ottce, I reported to be relative to an exchange of Prisoners. PLYMOUTH, MA'RCH h.—Arrived the French. Schooner La Nairilie, from Guadaloupe, bound to, Bourdeaux, last from Falmoutl),—laden with sugar,' coffee, and cotton, captured on the esth ult. by 'the, Nonpareil Schooner, Lieut. DICKENSON. Weiit up the harboar to refit the Defitince, of 74 guns, Capt. ['DTI-IAM. MARCH tB.- , -Sailed the Elizabeth Tender, 7, tune Frigate, CRssack and Swallow Sloops of War, Entreprenant Cutter, and the Eliza and Isaac Ten der ; also the Thetis Frigate, and the Ship Duke of ii.eiti,lo . r.New Brunswick. Gibruhar, of 80 guns, is under orders to join the Fleet oil9toullefigt, and - win sail to day. Orders are received hem N pin the San Josef in 'a' state for colinmission; she undocked early in 1113 y. l'his morning the illert Sloop of War, Captain WILLIAW; got under weigh frOtlllaruouze, and in - workhig onr . Ovei the bridge, struck on a , rock, where she 11(4 remaini, but is expected to be got , otiat the flowing of the tide. Arriyed the Statira Frigiue from off Rochefort. FAL?fOUTII, 1, nctl 46.—Arrived.the American brig ltlext.r , from L'ourdeaux, io 18 days, detain ed, and reports, that the L'OriOt .Squadron, ,con sisting of three Sail of the Line and two Frigates,, with provisions and troops, had sailed fur the West Indies. ` Yesterday the Dukes of YORK, Sussux, and CAMBRIDGE arrived at Windsor ; tiie Duke of Yost was closeted with the KING on business, afterwardi rode out with the KING and PRINCESSES, and in the evening went to Oatlands. .Yesterday. afternoon a Cabinet Council was held at Burlington-house, at which were present, his 'Grace the Duke of PORTLAND,- the LORD-CHAN CELLOR,. Earls CAMDEN, CHATHAM, BATHURST, WE‘TMoRLAND; Lords MULGRAVE and CASTLE REAGH, Mr. Secretary e,AN WING, and the CHANCEL LOR Of the•EXCHEIIIIIER. 01 Citio sick, which were landed at E3rnsgate from Spain . , no more than 30 have died., Upwards. of '2OO are wholly lecovered, and the rethaur are iii a 'State of coovalescence. Ten thousand pipes of Port Wineare safely arrived In-she Ricer from Oporto, which is about the hall of a-he annual consumption of England and her de- - A traveller in France frequently meet! on the high roads', - aistl,'oerticutarly in the vicinity of great cities, Po or 3t refraaory conscripts, guarded by a body o f gendarmerie. 'rind coupled together with arope attached to a torsP s tail, as a badge' .)1 disgrace. A ship is arrived from Carolina, which si;t: left about the latter end of *ebrtrary. 'l'he,soly f res h intelliqence she brings is, that the Corerninent of the Vnited States have enacted, that no execution for debt shall be 'levied upon any one; even tliough upon au actual judgment, before the Ist of January, IBM The necessity of . this Illeihtlre has been QC caslnned by the pecuniary embarrassments conse. quent upon the cinbargo. • Saturday morning an elderly looking Gentleman was found shot under the right ear, arid a , pistul ly ing by his side', , 7 in field near Somers Town; it was supp . osed. to Ix; an amt of suicide. Saturday afternoon, 114 tWt boys, tjts eldest not ten years ',ld, were throwing stones at one another, in Tottenham-Court-road, a stone struck the temple of cne'athem and killed him on the, spot. lit:Wee!! Tnursday night and Friday morning, the warehouse of, Mr. Dupree, Uptioisteier, in Orown street, Finsbury-square, was hroke open and robbed of b Q lsters, bedsteads, and other articles to a large *amouut. Ost Friday night, as Mr. AV. a• Gentleman lately arriied in London troin Ireland. vraS rettunint; front CeleOristilis St. P.CrICk Aurougit the Strand, to Koltington,heasked a young woman to shred him theWay,.which - she undertook to'. du, but decoyed him into a parlour in a bowie in Bedford -court, Lit tie Cat herine-iitivet, in 'whit:4 there .WAS . ci caidle burning. Innuediately on -his- 4..ntrauco the..candle was put out, his coat forced :off hitn, he received a *ioh:Dt blow on his head, which..kriocked him tioi,vrt, and his - watch was forced front him. As scion as he recovered himself he made his ekapeinto tuft street, and called the :watch, Donaldson, this Constable, and the' Limbricks, belonging to .the Public Office, Bow 7 street, who .happened to be passing thr oug h Catherine-street at the time, went to his, assi.tance ; they went into the room where he bad been robbed, but there•was no person there; they .atterwards fol lowed a woman into. a public-house in Butleigh 'street; and on her entering, saw her put a watch on .4% seat. They•took her into custody, and thewaich provod to be that of which. the Gentleman . had just been robbed. Tile Officers also took a marl i n t o custody, who was on the spot, and who hied with the woman. They were both examined at litlW.• street Oitice on Saturday, and committed for trial. • • SMITH 1:1 E I.D MARKET, MARCH 20, . - This day's tirtriget was tolerabli well supplied whit prime beasts, and the shew of ceittle iu gtoela i was middling:l -Motion is dearer than our last report lieef,. Veal, and l'9rit suld atjast prices, and the trade for th wo,t part was sornewhat t,ri k. sales iu the Haymarket, were rather lively ;, S;raw, at 4 Clover fetched last prices.*We subjoin hn accutate Stateilleta Ca the paces anti • To sink " the Olnl per stone Of 3;u. • 14'4 4s. ta tv ss. ;AL—Mutton 41. Bd. to 6s, 41, —Vasil. is, 01." cs- 7s. ud,--,b44tib os. od. to os. ott.— Vial , . ) 4, co; to 61. SA. 111-J5t5,1,950.--Slletp, 2,3c00.—C ‘es, 24 0 . How sl. los_ wt. to 61. toc od Clover L., .1„*. •42 c•• e 275, 64.---Sfrim 11. 1116. gd, tO Zl. 54. ol„. MUNICK, FEB. ,*26.-- . T . e tranquility of Ger many .8 menaced. Appieliensions are created from all quarte,s. Intrigue IS sai tO be stirring, otedi tating war, for which Austri is to eve the signal. Ought they to think in Vienni, IE4 Prance is now less powerftil than iti the year 1805 O•ight they to think, that Austria would emerge more fortunate ly froth a new war ? Liam the Grandees, the faith less and bribed Counsellors, wbo bring about war.by their iatrigues and cipinions, r eally . regaled npun its restilts I—Still the Au-stadn . Monarchy is strong - and powerful, .it may evell ly.'coine harpy by a s ad ministration, and regain the whoi , :: of its Rristine splendour; but a nevi war , sould sseAcri and dis- Member it. 'The great, *and persons of influence, who could have kincll cl the. fire by their counsels, would be the first - sac! itices• of them ; they would lose their property ; disgrace ard wretchedness would be their lot, and nothing be leff to Lien) but a paltry pension ,which - Londun would perhaps be forced to grant. All the evilsOf war ould only ber retorted upon those who should base occaskmed them, and not upon the people, who, 6uld(d uy their own interest, would ter} Soonilise Up !•u senseless combat, and it would be .unjust to punish them for the bad measures of those who are never tired of figuring R - their oppressors. A. Letter from Pilsen, in Boiietrila, of the 23(1 Of Fel.),, mentions, that the camp, thrinitig in ;hat neigh- - bourhood, . was intancled , .to compsi.ie clo,uott two. Some severe affrays have 1at,.1 tae.e:l pace betsvcen the Austrian and Turkish . . in 511oi4j1y4,0near$ or t!) 4 : aria - ihe wa? - 6ontribuiton, are now colltzt.ting execui , Letters from Venice of the Isth tilt; mention, that the camp of French and Itnhim troops itt ttLit neighbourhood was daily a► gmented, and that OA roads were crowded with -artillery; provisions, &c. going thither. ~loNtcji, .Fsa. .—The fortress. of Kufsteiti, On the Intl, and the ru.ntltain castle of Oberha us , near Passau, arg ntiw sLlppliecl art Wry and provisions. The Bavatiart army is lo occupy, as boon as the weather permits, some camps of kt xel c 3 e in Tyrol, and on the Inn, in the same intntler as during the Ida annum. Deta6atuents from the army in Dalmatia are constantly arriving at INtata 'Nova. iiEIDELBETIG, File. `.2s.—titi I:stafene hrrive,tl here 113 t night, annuont.;ng the approach of a corks of French Irwin from thst,ricts of tb. iuru Suabia. AlOA'7'l!, FIDEO, 1.1V.C. 2. tbXTRAC't ()P -A -LtitTER ii'Things are tar from tie t i its - A s. set tied or ple.isarif state herr. Linte', tho \fact Foy of the province, and Elio, the Governor of this have:been at. variance for Sotne tittle. Thec.l(.l'.. has iipirai it.,Otly .beeti playing a deep earth'. L:, is a Fre,nehlitaq, and hai been in the I.4'renc:a ih!e ! .. , ,it, bin it is M 1 nvcr 'with that party i and it I's etwn is no* aiming at supreme power hinisoif.. it, that at heart tie is *n ut friendly to V! I. and that he would not have pto:-..t;!tied :info it ,too had not been compelled by tiw evcalpiQ IVli3ito. Video. Elio and :the Moritevieotani are pattiol3, bitter eiteiniesoCllll'...nai,:nZt4 aed enthusiiii-7tie i.dinirers of tile English. "." soat. time since Liniers scot perch to itilver-e sede.Elio; hot the witide town f l ip ,Viceroy, and the new Governor made a preeipitato retreat: About ten days ago accounts were received that a body of troops (front a lit 3u00) - had crosied the river, and crossed over to Colo;,ia o: their march to this place. I'lle,Montevideans . would have laugh. ea at such a forCe, as the' tortilicatioi,s' are much stronger than ever. It happened, that , t t that time a Bi ig:td! , :*r- General was iii the town, Who arrived'here'several wechs. .tince fi..ui tilraiu in the , Flora frigate. He. had since Ins arr., at iewained iri a private charaete.r, while he silently itt:Orined self of the disposition of the anti towards Ferdinand vlr.. ; 0,1 ti« ni,pro r ,lcia of the trtr.T9 ht assembled ti.)o ay.(' 1:.11 'his credentials from the .!taita sting him witi supremo p i.-al'og..t.lecl.lr,d ! inn . sell' satisfied with all lie taut aecim heie, , be procct,i r il to Buenos Ayres. \Ve haVe nut ileald 11'.; art iv there, but we know that the troops whh:li were at Coluaia have been ordered back to their tit It is 'supposed by some that Iditiajs V. ilt di. i !,1 $ authority, that lie will plead his ow n app;,;!.' tit by the Kano - , and say, that none bit the Kiii; cat/ remove; him., . ."'Fhe inhabitants of Buenos Ayres (1,) nut l o v c ,the and that tor several Lea , ..eiv.:. 'floe people recoiled how they took the, town, and alsv how di%racefully they-lost it. , YOU may have heard, that. when W hitelocke left the place,'snrne hundreds ci the Irish soldiers deserted flutxt the atszy, Tiny entered into the Spanish service at Monte Vrtleo, and are now .here, a galling eight for us, " I have to mention a recent ocourrenceinvolved in some mystery. About ten days since an Eoglist:- mat) of the name of .... . . . arrivet;.! 11.-:re from, Itio janeiro,and was soon after his at rival taken into custo.ly ; he still retnains a close prison.. r. Papers, it is s.nd,, were found• in hid poss:Asion,,,contaihing.a plan for effeding,the independence of this cunntry. h is said cliat he was intimate at'llio Janeiro svtat Spaniard of the name of Pinha; an obnoxiott,..cita• ratter, and' that he was arrested in epn" , :ntacnce, of information dispatched by the Pcincesi ti.t6e!ii to Governor Elio. • ' - _ r~ This province must continue to Spain. I,believe ; neverthelos, hope we 41.1a11, ere Ions; lia.ve a trireol trade with it. At present, this- is lar from bving the ca,ie. No vessels are a,:o‘t•ed to di,. charge in a regUlar way-) they are obliged to enter the part under &nue pretext, as that they are in tik tre.ss and in order to oh ain leave. to dischmv, “re, obliged to nuke toe of interest.ffs Seivesof col; nroble prwencez, - . These ate cu , liy ex pedients, as 'N - 0611 as greet 11 4 krt.' Way of business..,The OUties anti extliCet3 itre eno mous,. arnorinting w 33 per vent., t v:,;natitln of the cargo, which is, tiowt.t«et, not 12'11 " Yesterday we were informed that reAlLted . 'io admit no ticiwuright distress. " Very severe Decrees have been ": 3i - I .ipinst uggling. Any p;:•r.on detetteed iit, e Englishman or Spaniard, wilt tr," s;:tit to boar.". ,~